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Equatorial Guinea man warns of Russian recruitment trap

Equatorial Guinea man warns of Russian recruitment trap

By GhanaSummary NewsroomPan-Africa

Back in Murmansk, in the Russian Arctic, he said the army decorated him and dangled the prospect of a fully-fledged position in the army as well as a Russian passport Nchama said he eventually lied to his superiors to escape and the “Equatorial Guinean ambassador found me at the airport and took me to his home”.

Daniel Angel Masie Nchama had no idea what he was getting into when Russian recruiters sent the him from Equatorial Guinea into battle in war-ravaged Ukraine.

On arrival in Russia, he said he and the other prospective recruits were asked to sign documents in Russian, a language none of them spoke.

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